Postprocess controller

Entity Description

An entity that controls the postprocess settings in the map: film grain, vignette, and local contrast. Color correction is controlled by another entity. It may be necessary to have at least one fog_volume in the map in order for a master postprocess_controller to take effect.

Official Campaign Settings

The following table shows the post-process settings for each map in the official campaigns.

Todo: Tabulate post-process settings from official maps for devs to reference.

Keyvalues

Name (targetname) <string>[ Edit ]

The name that other entities refer to this entity by, via Inputs/Outputs or other keyvalues (e.g. parentname or target).
Also displayed in Hammer's 2D views and Entity Report.

See also:  Generic Keyvalues, Inputs and Outputs available to all entities

• localcontraststrength:

Local contrast strength [-1..x] <float>

• localcontrastedgestrength:

Local contrast edge strength [0..1] <float>

• vignettestart:

Vignette start distance [0..1] <float>

• vignetteend:

Vignette end distance [0..x] <float>

• vignetteblurstrength:

Vignette blur strength [0..1] <float>

• grainstrength:

Film grain strength [0..1] <float>

• topvignettestrength:

Top-of-screen vignette strength [0..1] <float>

• fadetime:

Fade-in time <float>

Measured in seconds

Inputs

PostProcess:

SetLocalContrastStrength <float>

Set the local contrast strength.

SetLocalContrastEdgeStrength <float>

Set the local contrast strength at the edge of the screen (controlled by vignette).

SetVignetteStart <float>

Set the vignette start distance (from screen center).

SetVignetteEnd <float>

Set the vignette end distance.

SetVignetteBlurStrength <float>

Set the strength of the desaturated blur on the vignette.

SetFadeToBlackStrength <float>

Set the fadeout strength.

See also

• Color Correction
• color_correction (entity)
• env_fog_controller
• fog_volume

External links

Art Direction, Part 1: Filmic Effects - Valve blog regarding film effects in Left 4 Dead